Helen Mirren Smites Russell Brand in The Tempest Trailer


Updated 10/06/10 7:18 AM · Posted by · 3 comments

The Tempest Trailer Starring Helen Mirren and Russell Brand

In the classic Shakespeare play The Tempest, a magician and rightful duke named Prospero is banished to a distant island by his jealous brother, who seeks the crown. Julie Taymor gives her film adaptation a girl power makeover, turning Prospero into Prospera and making her leading lady (Helen Mirren) the wife of a duke. When her conniving brother-in-law, Antonio (Chris Cooper), accuses Propsera Read more

Link Time — New Green Lantern Poster Revealed!


Updated 07/26/10 1:55 PM · Posted by BuzzSugar · 0 comments

New Poster From Green Lantern With Ryan Reynolds

Four new posters for Green Lantern — Cinematical Glee gets a new female football coach — TVGuide.com The trailer for Drive Angry 3D features cars, explosions, and Nic Cage — MTV Movies Blog Hugh Laurie will record a blues record — Vulture Gabriel Macht to star in USA's A Legal Mind — Ausiello Files Halle Berry and Paul Rudd will guest star on The Simpsons — TV Squad Alfred Molina Read more

Prince of Persia: A Forgettable but Fun Adventure


Updated 10/05/10 5:32 PM · Posted by · 3 comments

Review of Jake Gyllenhaal and Gemma Arterton in Prince of Persia: The Sands of Time 2010-05-28 05:30:00

Prince of Persia: The Sands of Time teeters right on the brink of movie mediocrity. It's neither amazing nor offensively bad, the action sequences are entertaining but not mind-blowing, and the performances are fine but not nuanced. Using Jake Gyllenhaal's familiar face and jacked up abs as a promotional tool helps to tip the scales in the right direction, but ultimately it's not enough to keep Read more

Link Time — Drew Barrymore Takes Us Back to Oz


Updated 05/19/10 1:50 PM · Posted by BuzzSugar · 0 comments

Drew Barrymore to Direct Wizard of Oz Sequel Surrender Dorothy

Rumor is Drew Barrymore will direct the Wizard of Oz sequel Surrender Dorothy — Pajiba Whew! Kellan Lutz and Ashley Greene have agreed to Breaking Dawn salaries — THR, Esq. Sarah Silverman interviews Lost guys Damon Lindelof and Carlton Cuse — Vulture Kyle MacLachlan is leaving Desperate Housewives — Ausiello Files Jemaine Clement will play the villain in Men in Black III — Read more

An Education: A Wonderful, World Weary Coming of Age Tale


Updated 10/06/10 4:17 PM · Posted by · 5 comments

Review of An Education Starring Carey Mulligan and Peter Sarsgaard

There's very little time left for Carey Mulligan to be an unknown. She plays the central character in An Education, and it's a mesmerizing, star-making turn. Nick Hornby is behind the screenplay, which follows 16-year-old schoolgirl Jenny as she navigates her strict school-minded parents and the affections of a man twice her age in '60s London. Though some might be turned off by the Lolita-esque Read more

Movie Preview: Nick Hornby's An Education


Updated 07/20/09 9:07 AM · Posted by BuzzSugar · 14 comments

Movie Preview: Nick Hornby's An Education

The description for An Education goes like this: "A coming-of-age story about a teenage girl in 1960s suburban London, and how her life changes with the arrival of a playboy nearly twice her age." And the new trailer for the movie, written by Nick Hornby, shows just that. In fact, the whole movie seems to unfold within this trailer, and yet, I still really, really want to see the movie. In a Read more

Nothing Like the Holidays: The Fruitcake of the Holiday Movie Season


Updated 07/25/09 10:45 PM · Posted by BuzzSugar · 5 comments

Nothing Like the Holidays: The Fruitcake of the Holiday Movie Season

The Christmas dramedy Nothing Like the Holidays really is like a fruitcake: Seasonal, obligatory and cliche. It's unoriginal in its presentation, but then again, it is the holidays and someone put in the effort to make it, so a part of you appreciates it a little. You just don't want to taste it ever again. And maybe another part of you is the teeniest bit resentful that you were given something Read more

Movie Preview: Nothing Like the Holidays


Updated 09/12/08 5:38 PM · Posted by BuzzSugar · 11 comments

Movie Preview: Nothing Like the Holidays

Sure, when I first saw the poster and description for Nothing Like the Holidays, I kinda groaned inside. Nothing like another reheated family holiday flick! And yet, now that I've watched the trailer, I'm charmed by this new take on an old genre. For one thing, the film focuses on a Latino family, which is unusual (embarrassingly so) in both film and television. For another thing, the cast is Read more

Silk: Pretty but Empty


Updated 09/16/07 12:11 PM · Posted by BuzzSugar · 11 comments

Silk: Pretty but Empty

Silk is like that good-looking celebrity you admire from afar for a while, and when you finally get the chance to sit down and talk to them, they turn out to be vapid and uninteresting. The strength of this movie lies in the visuals, as was the case with another of director François Girard's aesthetically appealing films, The Red Violin. Nature appears to be at its most lush and there are some Read more

Movie Preview: Silk


Updated 09/13/07 5:34 AM · Posted by BuzzSugar · 9 comments

Movie Preview: Silk

Opening in limited release this Friday, Silk follows "a married silkworm merchant-turned-smuggler (Michael Pitt) in 19th century France traveling to Japan for his town's supply of silkworms after a disease wipes out their African supply. During his stay in Japan, he becomes obsessed with the concubine of a local baron." Keira Knightley and Alfred Molina also star, so I look forward to seeing Read more